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The 2013 BMW Championship at Conway Farms marked the PGA Tour's first stop on Chicago's North Shore since the early '70s. The event was notable for the extreme weather swings that pushed the final round to Monday, an exquisitely conditioned course, Jim Furyk's incredible 59 and Zach Johnson's closing 65 for his 10th career triumph. No one likes Mondays as much as the reigning British Open champion. One other thing many spectators will recall: Trying to keep their sanity while dealing with hellacious traffic on Townline Road, which runs just north of the club and connects I-94 and U.S. 41. Tournament organizers at the Western Golf Association pledged to...

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